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1 1 IK ART o or o EUGENE. ORE. 07103 7th Annual Meet Calls Cow Cutters Cow cutters from throughout the North writ will be In Hepp ner Saturday and Sunday for the M-vcnth annul M'rlng meet nixn orr.l by the YVranuhvs rluh. Advance entries Indicate thnt the field thl year may reach 50 cutter, (ictie I'lcrce, ms-rc-tnrv. nn lil. The program will mart In the covered arena at the fairgrounds at 7:.K p.m. Saturday and will resume at D:30 am. Sunday. Chance have been mud' In the program this year to ovlde just four events Junior novice, novice, registered and open. Junior novice la for hnraea which have won leaa than $100 and fof novice riders. Novice I for horse which have won lens t hn S.VM) and any rider. Hila vear. $100 ha tccn add ed to the oH'tt at a trophy for the event and $.V) hnN been add ed to the novice division. The other two events will have horse blanket as trophies, I'lcrce said. Women's cutting, team Top Inu nd barrel ruclmi have been removed from the lint of events, but a Wranglers I'lovduy will be held Sunduy afternoon at the Wrangler grounds, sturtlng at 1 p.m. During the pluyday, a HtM-clul OiiltA barrel racInK event will bo held. Ralph Bcamcr U chairman of of the cow cutting meet, and Mrs. Alice Vance will help I'lcrce as assistant secretary. Hcrcc will also act as announ cer. I Tho public Is welcome, to at tend the cow cutting meet and the Wranglers playday. There Is no charge for spectators to either. County Budget Total Set $670,00 Little League Trials Slated; Work Day Set One sure sign that spring Is here Is the announcement Irom the Junior Chnmtwr of Com merce that Utile I,cuKue organ ization lime Is at hand. The Javcees have scheduled a work day at the Utile League field at the fairgrounds Satur day at 2 p.m. anil have set the Saturdays of April 23 and 30 for Little Lcacue tryouts. Hurley Sager, who Is In charge of the Little League commit tee for the Jiivifes this year, said that nil fathers and others In terested are asked to be at the field this Saturday at 2 p.m. pre pared to help In getting the field and facilities In shape for the coming season. They will clean up the field, mow grass, repair dugouts and backstops and do other work felt neces sary. On the next two Saturdays the 23rd and the 30th tryouis will be held at 11 a.m. for 11 and 12 year-olds at the field and at 1 p.m. on each of the Satur days for the 9- and 10-year-olds. On the same two Saturdays, members of last year's teams nre to report at 11 a m. to their respective managers at the field. These managers are Lindsay Klncutd. Indians, Dave Method, Dodgers; Dr. Robert Todd, Braves; and Tom Hughes. Giunts. Last year's team members do not need to tryoul for play this year. Indians were tho league cham pions last year. Any hoy who will be nine by August 1 Is eligible to try out. Those whb play may not be come 13 years of age In-fore August 1. Soger s ild, too, that Insurance rates have gone up this year, and It will be neces sary to charge $1.50 Instead of the $1 that was charged last year. Speaker Coming For Annual IB, Health Meeting Dr. Samuel B. Osgood. Port land, division director of local health services for Oregon State Hoard of Health, will be guest luncheon spenker at the annual meeting of the Morrow county council of the Oregon Tubercu losis and Health Association next Thursday noon, April 21, i at the Wagon Wheel dining i room. I Dr. Osgood will speak to the council officers, directors and siH-clal guests about current health legislation proposed ft the State of Oregon. Members of the Soroptlmlst club will join the health asso ciation group (or the noon luncheon, and will have the privilege of hearing Dr. Osgood talk. Annual business meeting of the health council will follow the luncheon progrum. Morrow county budget for VX'IGI. printed for the first time this week in this paper on liitges 0 arid 7,' section 2, culls tor total expenditures f $70, 97H, well within the fi limita tion. The budget was approved by Hie budget committee on April C, and public hearing has been set lor Wednesday, May 4, at 1:30 p.m. at the county courthouse. The total expenditures will be some $131,000 greater than last year's total of $539,585, but most til the difference Is accounted for In the general tnui fund where resources, other than tuxes, art placed at $2.'X),144 as compared wllh $144,200 In 15 (Xi. Resources In general roadti show a cash carryover of $133,- 274, primarily from relief funds that came following lust year's floods. Expenditures In Hie road de partment are figured at $.'(44,144 lor the eorrdng year as compared with $257,200 for the current year. Total taxes to he levied to balance the budget will be up li ss Hum $9,000. Taos levied for Wi5 C6 were $20H,710 as com pared with $'107,127 for the com ing year. Of the latter figure, $125,000 that approved by vot ers as thj road serial levy will not be subject to the 6 limita tion, leaving $1)0,127 within the six per cent limitation. The county fair and rodeo de partment budge In listed In de tail for the flmt time this year. Total expenditure arc placed at $70,040, all coming Irom sources other than a tax levy. Hospital operating and main tenance fund Is placed at $13,000 Oils year as compared with $9, 000 last year. General school fund Is at $23,170 as compared with $21,250. As reported previously, the county welfare budget Is down from $15349 to $14,b72. A sum of $2,000 Is allowed for county parks, as compared with $1,050 for 1965-66. Also In the budget Is $1,000 for repairs to the Ditch Creek channel to divert water to Willow Creek under the county's water right. The fair and rodeo depart ment shows a sinking fund of $25,000 and a $14,840 fund for a grandstand, a start towards con struction of a new grandstand at the rodeo grounds. Most of the county officials will receive no salary Increases for the coming year, the budget shows. Commissioners will be raised from $1450 per year to $1000, but other elective offlc ials hold to the same salaries as for 1965-66 At the May 4 hearing, the pub lic Is Invited to attend and ex press suggestions, criticisms or proposed changes to the budget. 83rd Year the m Number 7 GAZE! W HEPPNER TC-TTME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 14, 1966 10 cents t ! Voter Signup Deadline Nears ThoM who are not registered to vote have only until April 23 to register If they wish to vote In tho primary election on May 21. Mrs. Sadie I'arrlsh, County clerk, states. Registration may be complet ed nt the courthouse In the of flcfl of the clerk, or with any of the registrars elsewhere In Ihe cour.ty. These are as follows: lone, I'narles O'Connor; Board man, Mrs. Zearl Gillespie; Lex ington, Mrs, Klden Padberg; and Irrlgon, Mrs. Marguerite Houghton. Any who voted here In the elections of 1!K4 will be regis tered, but uny who came new to the county, any women who have been married and any who have moved to different pre R-l Board Reverses Action, Hires Coach 'VT.f'V ? -J - ' '.-J ? ' ( V I . f Directors of Morrow county school district R-l reversed a previous action and offered a one-year contract to Coach Jim I li I Potter when it met in regular session Tuesdav nleht at Riv- ' J3( , erside. I '4 Two directors voted In favor j oi ouenng tne contract ana tnree aixeaors anstainea irom i voting. At a previous meeting i 1 two directors voted for rehiring iiic luaiu aim iviu wicu against. I At the Tuesday meeting a del egation of Heppner High stu dents and parents came to speak and request that Potter be otter ed a contract Tim Tullls, stu- j aeni ooay presiaeni, preseniea 4 a petition which reportedly car 4Sj , ried the names of 179 students. "DIMICO" la tha noma of this custom-mad hardtop which Dick Roblsoa, ibowu with tb racr, will enter at th Rockat Spaadwar. Pilot Rock, at it makes its debut on the trade. The name U a combination of th names of Dick TlbbUon, Mike Gray and Gen Col who mad It In spar tlm ho ws oyer th past srwrri month. (CT Photo). Heppner Hardtop To Make Debut At Pilot Rock 19 Schools to Compete In Heppner Invitational Heppner High's invitational When the racing season opens .track meet is growing by leaps at the Rocket Speedway, Pilot 'and bounds. Rock. Sunday afternoon, a brand This was apparent with an- n urillrh.!""' l"op from Heppner will 'nouncement by Coach Don Mc right to register and vote the for Un first time. Highway Job Here Faces Some Delay Work of reconstruct Ion of the highway from the Hinton Creek bridge In Heppner to some three miles north of town will be de laved several months. This was the information given to the Chamber of Commerce Monday by Gene Pierce, president of tho Bank of Eastern Oregon. Pierce snld thnt ho had talk ed with A. K. Parson of La Grundo. division highway super intendent, and wns informed thnt some difficulty In connec tion with railroad rights-of-way ulong tho highway will cause temporary delays. It was originally planned to let contract on the Job this sivrlng, but Indications are now thnt t!ie State Highway Com mission will not let the contract until August or September, Pierce snld. Two Dogs Victims Of Poisoning Here One of the most despicable acts of s human being Is to de liberately poison u dog or any other pet. Two dogs were poisoned in Heppner Wednesday and suffer ed painful deaths before the I eyes of their owners, School Budget Passes, 208-70; All Areas Favor be entnred. Itlure that 19 schools will par This Is the creation of three tlcipate In he meet here Sat racing enthusiasts here - Dick Surday 13 of them class B schools Roblson, the driver; Mike Mc-fll.slx ,n,,h,t,A 2 ranks; u Cov and Gene Cole. L Lhe !hA yeaf nl. Dick, who raced at Pilot Rock : "clu ,Bl ,'"L wa Kaunas wun last year, has developed an en-1 , ie , Ilcl.d events .8l.aurtinR Pfe thuslnsm for the sport. nnu clsely at noon and the running Mike and Gene, each of whoraev, beginning at 1:30 p.m. operutes his own local garage I 'tc w111 b.c Parate com and repnir shop, combined their Petitions for class A and class mnhnni,.ai oKiiin... ir. iii n 1 B schools, the track coach said. the racer j First National Bank of Oregon Powered by a Chevrolet 6 cyl-lfnd Ban ?f Eastcn OreRn Indor motor, the hardtop has 100 ; lve each Riven a trophy, one hnRi.ni., whii .i.u i ( to go to the winning B school One whs Clndv. the cute black 'great in comparison to today's a"d the others to go to the win- spnnlel owned by the Kil Gontyjhigh steed cars, Robison points J fv !i!v i ,i out that Its horse-power-to- . , V . weight ratio Is "terrific." The ra- lncllvidual winners for the first cor weighs 18(H) pounds. Tills, he six places in each event. McClure scheduled for the big meet. It is expected that some 250 athletes in all will be taking part. A-2 schoolj entered include six from the Greater Oregon League Sherman county, Grant union, Burns, Madras, Wanton ka and host Heppner, Class B schools scheduled to take part Include Weston, Hel ix. Stanflcld, Riverside, Colum bia Christian of Portland, Cas cade Locks, Condon, Echo, Wheeler, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Athena and lone, The public is Invited to come and watch the meet. family am' a constant compan Ion to members of the family for tlii' past five yens. The othei was a dog owned says, makes the ratio equivalent by John Gray, who with his! to f00 or tiOO horscKwer for an f.'ither, Nick Gray, operates ordinary car. Grnv's Kmldlcry. Chassis for the low-slung ve- The Saddlery and Gonty's ! I'lelo was obtained from a "fel store are located In ndinlnimr ! low in Pendleton." The three buildings tionty snld that the manner In which Cindy died made It ob vious that she was poisoned by strychnine, and this was con firmed by the veterinarian. Gouty snld that a cat In the neighborhood also died from poisoning. Others with pets In the nren were warned that some coward ly human Is nt large putting ( lit nolson food. What would he dc if r small child were tempted by his bolt? Mayor Says City Zoning To Help Solve Problems Zoning, now In the process of had had planning In the past. then custom built the "Dimlco" from there, equipping it with racing slicks Hires). Robison, who operates a bar ber shot) here, says that It is built for safety as well as speed. It has roll bars over the cock pit, Is equipped with safety belts and shoulder straps, and partic ular attention in construction was given to its cornering. At the Rocket Speedway, Rob ison will compete against rac ers from Umatilla, Milton-Free-water, Pendleton, Baker, La Grande, Pilot Rock and other places. The program Sunduy Is ached (Continued on page 8) formation in Heppner, might helD control problems thnt could come with the construction of the Willow Creek dam. Mayor W. C. Rosewall told members of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday. Rosewall, who was named chairman of both the county and city planing commissions prior to his election as mayor, dis played maps showing proposed areas for zoning in the city, In cluding limited commercial, cen tal commercial, residential, and Industrial. At the same time he pointed out that the consultant from the engineering firm of Cornell, Howland, Hays and Merryflcld had complimented Heppner be cause it appeared as if the city Each of the various classes of structures are pretty well bunch ed, and residential and commer cial areas are not very much In conflict. Tho consultant is Richard Ivey, who also is doing similar work for the county. Mayor Rosewall explained that the law requires an en gineering firm to make a study prior to a city's establishment of zoning. The study here is fi nanced on a matching basis with the city, state and federal governments sharing In the cost. A proposed zoning ordinance has been drawn and the city commission is currently review ing it. This will be completed at ttie next meeting of the group, Rosewall said. (Continued on page 8) WEATHER Official weather report for the week of April 713 Is as follows: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 111 Low Phh;. "2 40 TO 43 W 44 .00 62 40 .02 3(i M 25 63 38 Forest Grove Man Chosen Principal James Kohl of Forest Grove has born offered a contract as principal of lone schools by the directors of Morrow county school district R-l. The action was taken at their meeting Tuesday night at Riverside High school. Kohl has served as vice prin cipal of Banks High school for l'j years. He will obtain his master's degree from Pacific Un iversity, Forest Grove, this sum mer. Kohl is married and has two children. The new principal will suc ceed Everett Holsteln who has resigned after serving as high school principal one year and principal of both lone schools lor two years. Kenneth Batty and Dr. L. D. Tibbies voted in favor of offer ing the contract. Maxwell Jones, Ralph Skoubo and Don McElli gott abstained. Howard Cleve land was absent. Irvin Rauch, chairman, customarily does not vote except to break a tie. One speaker said that parents felt it unfair for board mem bers from towns other than Heppner to tell Heppner schools which coach they should hire. Six Teachers Resign Resignations of six teachers were received and accepted by the board. Gerald Jonasson, vo cational agriculture teacher - at Heppner High for a number of years, resigned to go to ranch ing with his father. Roy Kirk, history teacher at Heppner for several years, re signed to go to Colorado, where he will be with a sister. Other ' resignations include those of Elaine LaCombe, Board- man; Harley Harris, Heppner High social studies teacher; Mrs. Naomi Leishman, Heppner first grade teacher; and Dianne Stone, Heppner High English teacher who plans to be married. Morrow county's 1966-67 ContracU Offered school budget was approved by Contracts were offered to five nearly a 3-to-l margin Tuesday i teachers. Mrs. Justine Knell of with only a small percentage of iCorvallis will come to the sys the county's registered voters, tem wtih three years teaching casting ballots. experience. She has a maser's The count was 209 yes to 70,deeree and both secondary and no, i elementary teaching certificate. Fnr-h of the s areas in the Her position nas not oeen as- county where a polling place .signed as yet was established returned affir- Robert Chilman of Caldwell, mative margins for the budget laano, wui re nana instructor ai Boardman s count was 36 yes ruversiae nign ana a. v.. nuugn- to 3 no. At Rhea Creek, 11 voted j ton school, Imgon. He has a Dacneior s aegree pius 43 nours. Dorris Morris, now of Pendle ton and formerly of Heppner, will teach English at Heppner High school. Charles Carr of Monmouth is to teach social studies at Hepp ner High school. He has a bach elor's degree. Robert Byrd of Irrigon will teach eighth grade and coach at A. C. Houghton school. He is presently teaching there, being hired recently to fill a vacancy. Byrd has a bachelor degree. Land Purchase Talked Superintendent David Potter reported that at a meeting with representatives of the Boardman Land Company Monday, no de cision could be reached on a mutuallv satisfactory Drice for occurred last Wednesday near; the proposed purchase by the Lovellet Coral, Loren Lucore, fire district of adjoining land to the comroi omcer oi me aisirici, re-. Riverside High shcool site. The In favor and only two were against the budget. Heppner brought out 83 affir mative votes and 23 against, while lone had 38 yes votes and 22 no votes. Irrigon approved the budget. 27 to 18. There are some 2100 register ed voters in the county; hence with 78 voting, only about 12 percent took the trouble to cast ballots on the budget. The budget calls for total ex penditures during the fiscal year of 51,381,543. First Forest Fire Covers Two Acres First forest fire of the year on tne Heppner ranger district ported The mn-caused fire started from burning of slash. It was brought under control quickly, Lucore said. Under rain of this week, some of the district has been unus ually dry for this time of the I year, he said. Students to Scour City on Cleanup Good Samaritan Banker Better John Venard, manager of the Heppner branch of the First National bank, was dis missed from Pioneer Memorial hospital Tuesday after suffer ing a painful injury while rushing to aid a bank patron a week earlier. A man fainted in the bank on Monday, April 4. Venard ran to get a doctor and in so doing snapped the Achilles tendon near the heel of one foot. He returned to the bank with the doctor but had to en ter the hospital himself and remain there for a week. He is in a cast from, his thigh to his toes on the leg that was involved In the In jury, but Is making satisfacto ry progress towards recovery, Heppner High school students, who In tho spring of 1965 came out full force one day to con duct a cleanup of the city, will do the same thing again on Fri day, April 29, Student Body Pres ident Tim Tullls told members of the Chamber of commerce at their Monday luncheon meeting. The high school will coord inate its cleanup with the city wide Cleanup, Fixup week pro claimed by Mayor W. C. Rose wall and with activities of cleanup week, April 22, to 29, of the Chamber of Commerce. Tullls said that the school had planned to conduct the spring cleanup this year on May 13, but changed the date to coordinate with the Chamber and the city, Students will divide the town In four sections and classes will compete to see which one does the best Job. Principal Clayton Norton said that he would like adults to be responsible for pickups and ve hicles used In the cleanup and said that faculty members will work with the students, Tullls said that students ap preciated soda pop furnished last year by the Chamber of Commerce and Indicated that it would be welcome again. The students will conclude their cleanup day with some gaiety and games at the school, Earl Soward reported on the good work being done at lone on a cltywide cleanup with Mayor Jim Barnett spearheading the project "They're getting rid of all the old cars, The garden club Is really going at It there, and Mayor Barnett Is proud of the way people are going out to get the city cleaned up," Soward said. Mayor Rosewall told members of the Chamber, "Heppner will be just as good as we want to make it. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS It Is for the best interest and benefit of the cit izens of Heppner that their 'City present . a clean and attractive appearance for the better enjoyment and economy of the residents and to create a favorable Impression upon our visitors, and WHEREAS it Is necessary and propei that ALL citizens work together In cleaning up, fixing up and painting up the buildings and grounds of their homes, business houses and vacant lots; NOW, THEREFORE U. C. ROSEWALL, Mayor of the City of Heppner, do hereby declare the week of April 22 to April 29, 1966, to be Clean Up Week in Heppner and earnestly so licit the cooperation of every citizen in this important pro ject and In the continuing care and maintenance of his property for the beautification oi our City. W. & ROSEWALL, MAYOR board has been seeking 9.2 acres of a 16.3 acre plot. The company asks $2,850 per acre for the land, but the dis trict contends that average price on lots in the new townsite is $1,250. Representing the school district at the meeting were Dir ectors Rauch, Jones and Skou bo, Supt. Potter, and Ron Dan iels, Riverside High principal. At the directors meeting Tues day night, Skoubo moved that the board hire an appraiser to place a value on the land as a basis for further negotiations. Attorney Bob Abrams outlined procedure necessary for the dis trict to obtain the land by con demnation. Other Actions Skoubo gave a brief report on the matter of teacher housing in the Boardman area. He will give a further report at the spe cial meeting called by the board to consider school policies on April 21 at 8 p.m. at the Lex ington school office. His report will be relative to costs for the district to build houses for the teachers. Jack Grossnickle, Heppner elementary principal, said that the committee on the laundry at the elementary school is con tinuing its study on the mat ter. They have found it diffi cult to find a time to meet. A portion of the George prop erty near Heppner elementary school will be offered for sale as a result of an action approv- (Continued on page 8)
